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Concert- Marta Santamaría, Bossa and Boleros
Fri, 21 March, 8pm. Villa de Nerja Cultural Center
Singer and songwriter, interpreting the Brazilian song with authentic and original style. Her style is based on Brazilian jazz, incorporating a beautiful integrity of musical genres such as Bossa Nova, Samba, Baiāo, bolero, even funk, with optimistic lyrics.
C/ Granada, 45, Nerja
Info & tix (€15): https://www.giglon.com/todos?idEvent=marta-santamaria–bossa-y-boleros & Video Link
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Cútar, Alfarnate & Canillas de Albaida will host the Music Concerts in Lent organized by Diputación:
– Alfarnate. Saturday, March 22, 7pm
– Albaida Canillas. Wednesday, April 16, 7pm
All concerts are free until capacity is reached.
Info on all 3 concerts including programme (scroll to bottom to see info links for 2nd & 3rd concerts):
https://www.malaga.es/culturama/2157/com1_md3_cd-56135/ciclo-de-conciertos-cuaresma-2025-capilla-de-musica-maestro-iribarren-cutar
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Concert- Ken Stringfellow: Tuesday 1 Apr, 10pm
Sala Core (former Velvet Club)
C/ Convalecientes 6, Malaga
Ken Stringfellow, guitarist of REM, The Posies & Big star comes to Malaga with his tour circuit breaker and his formidable songs on guitar and piano.
Info, map & tix (€13.50): https://entradas.conciertos.club/es/events/ken-stringfellow-posies-rem-big-star & Video Link
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Gala- Dia del Pueblo Gitano, Nerja: Friday, 4 Apr 8pm
Villa de Nerja Cultural Center
Many performers will be entertaining to celebrate the Gypsy traditions.
Info & map: https://esnerja.com/que-ver-y-hacer/centro-cultural-nerja/
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Fiesta- Dia de Gitano (Gypsy Day), Almuñécar: April 6 In El Majuelo Park.
Big party and performances by María La Canastera and Niño Carmelo and the zambra of Venta del Gallo, as well as a talk show presented by José Santiago. Info: https://diariosexitano.com/2025/03/18/almunecar-prepara-la-celebracion-de-los-6-siglos-de-la-llegada-del-pueblo-gitano/
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Does anyone in the Nerja/Frigiliana area know of the whereabouts of the above gentleman?
He is a well-known local figure who with his late wife Olivia ran the La Noria restaurant for many years.
In recent years he lived in Frigliana.
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SPAIN
Express motoring fines have arrived in Spain and now you can receive them within 48 hours:
– With the new channels available, drivers who are given a penalty notice will be able to receive the fine within 48 hours. The time between the commission of the offence and notification has gone from 52 days to seven or even two. Unlike postal mail, this method guarantees a much more agile and direct delivery. This is possible thanks to the Dirección Electrónica Vial (DEV), a platform that has been in operation for some time and which allows access to DGT notifications digitally. Unlike postal mail, this method guarantees a much more agile and direct delivery. According to the DGT, integrating this system into the DEV will contribute to a clearer awareness of when the offence was committed. The aim is to reinforce its educational character and to encourage more responsible driving.
– In order to receive these notifications, drivers must be registered on the Dirección Electrónica Vial (DEV). And to access, prior identification is required using the DNIe, electronic certificate or any of the Cl@ve methods.
– The registration process is simple. Just follow a few simple steps:
*Select the option “Registration, modification and cancellation in DEV” in the section “Access to the service”.
*Choose an electronic certificate to verify identity (you can use the PIN Clave, the electronic certificate or the DNIe).
*Enter an email address or mobile phone number.
*Finally, select the type of notifications you wish to receive, selecting in this case the ‘sanctions’ option to activate the so-called express fines. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/the-dgts-express-fines-have-arrived-how-20250317070921-nt.html
ANDALUCÍA
Andalusia has 16 roads closed due to flood: {Translation}
– Andalusia maintains this Wednesday, March 19, a total of 16 roads closed to traffic due to flooding after the rainfall left in its path by the storm Laurence, eight in the province of Cadiz, four in Seville, two in Cordoba and one each in Malaga and Granada.
– According to the balance updated at 09. 00 hours by the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), the eight roads closed to traffic in both directions in Cadiz are the CA-3101 and the CA-3102 in Macharnudo Alto; the CA-4102 in Torre Melgarejo-Nuevajarilla; the CA-4107 in Torrecera-Los Isletes; the CA-8201 in Jimena de la Frontera-Torrecera; the CA-5101 in La Garrapata; the CA-6101 in Bornos; and the CA-6105 in Los Barrancos-Ermita de las Montañas.
– The four roads closed to traffic in the province of Seville are the CHG-BG-01 in Maribañez in both directions, and the SE-4104 in Alcolea del Río and the SE-5203 and the SE-5206 in La Gironda-El Coronil in decreasing direction of the traffic.
– The rest of the roads closed to traffic due to flooding in Andalusia are located in Córdoba (the CO-4207 in La Zarza and the CP-180 in Villa del Río), Málaga (the A-7205 in Las Paulas) and Granada (the GR-4104 in El Bejarín-Benalúa). Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1878893/andalucia-mantiene-16-carreteras-cerradas-al-trafico-por-inundacion/
MALAGA PROVINCE
La Viñuela becomes the reservoir with most water in the province: {Translation, summary}
– The Malaga reservoirs now contain almost 325 cubic hectometres, and La Viñuela has just become the one with the most water in the province, with 67. It already surpasses the Conde de Guadalhorce, with 66. The Guadalteba has 60 and La Concepción has more than 50. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga/resaca-laurence-embalses-cauces-malaga-20250319095138-nt.html
COSTA DEL SOL
Storm Martinho will take over with more rain from Thursday onwards in Malaga and along the Costa del Sol:
– A powerful train of “high impact” storms continues to circulate in the south of the Spanish mainland, leaving little time for a lull between each one. A brief dry period, within the succession of fronts that has been going on for around 20 days, will allow us to see the sun again in Malaga this Wednesday and until Thursday afternoon.
– From the second half of the 20 March Martinho will make an appearance: another Atlantic storm, but it will be “less strong” in terms of accumulated rainfall than the previous one. This is what the director of the Aemet state meteorological centre in Malaga province, Jesús Riesco, predicts. Therefore, the rains will appear on Thursday afternoon and will continue on Friday.
***Weekend***
– During the weekend it will continue to rain occasionally, both on Saturday and Sunday, and even on Monday and Tuesday, although to a lesser extent. Martinho will again affect most of the province, but it is not expected to be very heavy at the moment. The westerly flow may cause Ronda to collect larger amounts, although this is not expected to be a dangerous situation. No warnings have been issued for the moment.
– The fronts will sweep across the province from west to east, although mainly in the western half and less in the east. Showers will be widespread, although with smaller accumulations, and this will also be the trend on Saturday and Sunday, due to the passage of successive bands. “The intensity will have to be seen day by day, but it will not be as high as Laurence,” Jesús Riesco pointed out.
– For now, Aemet has activated yellow warnings (slight risk) on Thursday in four provinces of Andalucía, but not in Malaga. This will be the case in Almeria and Granada, on the one hand, and in Huelva and Seville on the other. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/storm-martinho-rain-costa-del-sol-weekend-20250319082410-nt.html
TORROX
Inadequate improvements exposed by recent rains: {Translation}
– The City Council of Torrox has initiated a technical inspection of the remodeling works of the Plaza de la Constitución, which began last October. The first deputy mayor and councilor of Urbanism, Paola Moreno, has reported that the main objective is that “some deficiencies observed after the passage of the last storms are solved, so that they can be received in the future with the greatest guarantee of quality, thus serving the general interests of residents and merchants.
– Thus, Moreno has led a visit to the square along with municipal technicians, the company awarded the project and responsible for a center for the study of materials and control of work, among others, for a first inspection of the deficiencies observed after the last rains, which mainly affect part of the pavement installed, “so that we can take appropriate corrective measures,” said the mayor.
– As reported by Paula Moreno, the City Council of Torrox will hire the services of the aforementioned study center to determine what have been the main problems that have arisen during the execution of the last works of integral remodeling of the Plaza de La Constitución “to have a complete technical report that allows us to act accordingly before giving the end of the works and proceed to its final reception”.
– Moreno explained that, so far, the Consistory torroxeño “has only carried out certifications of 20% of the total works, and we will continue to demand until the end that the remodeling of the square is carried out with the highest quality and safety requirements, both for pedestrians and for road traffic”. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-ayuntamiento-de-torrox-promueve-una-inspeccion-tecnica-de-las-obras-de-la-plaza-de-la-constitucion/
NERJA
Arrested while doing graffiti on the Balcon de Europa in Nerja: {Translation}
– The Local Police of Nerja has arrested a middle-aged man accused of making several graffiti defacements in different parts of the municipality, as reported by Eugenio Cabezas in Diario SUR: `Paiporta Limpia el barro de todos no solo el tuyo El Barto’, written in capital letters, with red letters, on the main facade of the church of El Salvador, and ‘Paiporta Banco de cachondeo DANA Inier Santi’, in yellow letters, on a wall of a financial institution. The arrest occurred on Monday night in the Balcon de Europa, after several witnesses, neighbors and businessmen in the area alerted the authorities.
– According to municipal sources, the operational services of the City Council acted quickly and proceeded to clean the graffiti shortly after the incident. In addition to the messages on the church and the financial institution, the detainee had also painted another graffiti on the bus stop on Antonio Millón street and is being investigated in connection with a fourth inscription on a fence in the central Pintada street.
– The arrested man, of Spanish nationality and resident in the area of the beach of Las Alberquillas, was transferred to police headquarters, where the corresponding proceedings were instructed before referring the case to the Civil Guard. The man has been released pending to be summoned by the court. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/arrestado-mientras-realizaba-pintadas-en-el-balcon-de-europa-de-nerja/
USA
JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues:
– More than 63,000 pages of records related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump, many without the redactions that had confounded historians for years and helped fuel conspiracy theories.
– The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration posted to its website roughly 2,200 files containing the documents. The vast majority of the National Archives’ collection of over 6 million pages of records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artifacts related to the assassination have previously been released.
– Jefferson Morley, vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, a repository for files related to the assassination, said in a statement posted on the social platform X that the release is “an encouraging start.” He said much of the “rampant over-classification of trivial information has been eliminated” from the documents.
– The National Archives said on its website that in accordance with the president’s directive, the release would encompass “all records previously withheld for classification.” But Morley said what was released Tuesday did not include two-thirds of the promised files, any of the recently discovered FBI files or 500 Internal Revenue Service records. “Nonetheless, this is the most positive news on the release of JFK files since the 1990s,” Morley said. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/jfk-assassination-files-release-trump-3e8f31e18468d96b53210572e0992c07
GASTRONOMIA
Sample the regional cuisine of Antequera: {Translation, summary}
Source: https://www.diariosur.es/malagaenlamesa/donde-comer-malaga/comer-antequera-restaurantes-bares-destacados-ciudad-dolmenes-20250314154951-nt.html
– Arte de Cozina. It is one of the references of the traditional cuisine of the whole province of Malaga or even Andalusia. They have revived recipes such as the shepard’s goat and abuela’s pork loin. The dishes include recipes of humble origin that have among their ingredients products from nearby orchards or even wild plants (asparagus, tagarninas, collejas or fennel). In addition to eating a la carte, there you can try very Malaga and Andalusian tapas and even taste some Japanese recipes.
Where: Calle Calzada, 27, 29200 Antequera. Telephone: 952 840 014.
– Saborío del Hacebuche. Located in the heart of Antequera, in one of its most emblematic squares, on the corner opposite the City Museum. Traditional dishes and much more. Tuna, pork loin, octopus and garden salads are some of the dishes on the menu. To this we must add original proposals such as a warm shrimp salad or the Iberian pork tenderloin ‘de la Casa’.
Where: Plaza del Coso Viejo, 1, Bajo B, 29200 Antequera. Telephone: 952 846 574.
– Bienmesabe Santa María. This restaurant offers one of the best places to enjoy a pleasant dinner, or lunch in the sun (in warm months). There is no lack of local dishes, but also other dishes very appropriate for any season of the year, such as Russian salad, ravioli of zucchini, scrambled eggs with shrimp, toasted noodles with piquillo bell pepper aioli, cheeks with fried potatoes, millefeuille of foie gras and truffle sauce, chickpeas with cuttlefish, fried squid, tuna meatball or sausage tartare. For the more carnivorous there are many possibilities, from cheeks with parmentier potatoes to meatballs with tripe sauce. Among the desserts the house special bienmesabe and the baked cheesecake stand out.
Where: Plaza de los Escribas, 11, 29200 Antequera. Telephone: 951 463 085.
– Casa Carlos. Located in front of the Antequera Market, this restaurant is one of the most traditional in the atmospheric Plaza de San Francisco. This establishment is known for dishes and tapas closely linked to the local or regional gastronomy, such as the famous porra antequerana (a variety of gazpacho), Russian salad or fried fish. Other more avant-garde options are tuna tartar or matured meats. It has a pleasant terrace, where you can have lunch or breakfast with a good mollete.
Where: Plaza de San Francisco, 9, 5, 29200 Antequera. Telephone: 951 334 254.
– Entre Olivos. On the perimeter of the town center, you will find this restaurant, where you can order plates of assorted fried fish, a large cachopo (breaded veal fillets stuffed with ham and cheese) or a flamenquín. Many other dishes including octopus, pork & veal available. Where: Doctor Diego Aragón Street, 4, 29200 Antequera, Telephone: 635 866 256.
TRAVEL
High -speed and medium distance train delays to & from Málaga due to the rains in Álora: {Translation, summary}
– High speed trains with origin or destination to the Malaga María Zambrano station register in the early hours of this Wednesday, March 19, delays caused by a landslide at the height of the town of Álara. Delays of 20 to 30 minutes continue.
– Adif operators and technicians are working on repairs. The Álora area is especially complicated by its orography. In fact, the government continues to repair the damage caused in the area by the Danas of the past autumn. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/retrasos-trenes-ave-origen-destino-malaga-desprendimiento-20250319085547-nt.html
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
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Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
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Nerja 952 524 519
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National Police: 091
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